...Honestly, I only ever saw him as fanservice for the male-oriented audience.
But hey, Stripes really grew on me as a character, so I guess I could look past the sexy to his personality.

I know. Of course, I wouldn't be surprised if a plot involving the trouble with sex got the most attention out of other stories I'd come up with...

Let me just say that though I think of him as man-candy first and role-model material second, this is indeed a noble effort on your part.
Most people wouldn't bother to try and use their characters to help guide wayward youths through the treacherous terrain of adolescence.
I wish you luck!
(Also, I'm very curious to see how you handle the bullying. I never got any helpful advice in that regard)

Well, Teddy does karate. So maybe that can be of some use in that particular problem, IF Teddy carefully dispenses the guy.

I dunno, would that be very helpful to the average person?

It can. But that's more of a risk on their part.

I see...

why is Love capitalized IS THAT A PROPER NOUN

I did it for amphasis, but if that bothers you so, it's fixed now.

why not do a mini-series about him? that way he'll be able to do all that stuff

Yes, but it would have to be in the form of typed stories. It's much quicker to do.

Right, while your aspirations are in the right place, your market research is not. I think one of the things that need be done is a rename. The name itself 'Teddy' would be a little bit patronising, I speak of course from being part of your target market.

Also, cartoons generally don't appeal to that age group, unless it'd be something like Family Guy or The Simpsons. In this case, he'd need a change of attire because it's too cliché. At the minute, particularly in Britain, kids and teens have advice coming out of their ears. "Eat this, don't eat that" "Do this, don't do that" and it's done in a way that doesn't speak to them. See, speaking as a teen, the only time when my eyes have truly been opened to the truth by media is from Fable II which is a popular British video game. It gives you choices, good and evil, and these choices will be directly apparent. What Fable manages to do, cartoonists and moral people can learn from. It manages to weave in comedy with seriousness so the audience will pay attention at all times. Put simply, if you want a message putting across, you've got to do it in a way that you target age group can understand.

The character Theresa takes the role as the narrator and in her dialogue, occasionally says things that will tick in the audience's head such as "They say, when parents look into the eyes of their newborn baby, they see all the possible lives it could lead. All decisions are yet to be made and..." And while this is being said, there is a mother and father looking at a baby with numerous portraits of unique looking people behind them. This makes the audience understand the value of a newborn life and how precious it truly is.

See, cartoonists and programme makers seem to think that if you send the main character to go through a whole load of shenanigans and then at the end say whatever message you're trying to say then kids will get it. This is completely wrong. While the morals and shenanigans do work on occasion, you really need to work hard on a good plot to portray your message properly. Also, the very worst way of putting a message across would be to do a sort of "Sonic-Says" like thing at the end.

I suggest that you play Fable II and truly pay attention to everything that's going on. This way, you can understand how to put messages across in the way that the modern audience would find interesting.

I hope this is helpful, best of luck.

Of course, there's always Fallout 3, which is more popular in the states and works on a simular premise...

Right. Well, it's not a matter of popularity, it's a matter of how the morals are portrayed. I've played both games and Fable II definitely shows how much morality matters. There are certain points where you'll be asked to do something terrible. Though the wiser thing to do would be to obey, you feel yourself wanting to do the right thing. My advice to you is to play Fable II and take in how they've put their various messages across.

Now that I think of it, I think it's best that Teddy should be best kept as a character meant for this one story I got in mind at the moment.

While Teddy may be knowledgeable about how to keep a healthy body, his social life is hindered by his hieght and his attempts to advise people on making better choices. I mean, would you take this little guy seriously if he said that eating potato chips with high trans fat was bad for you? Or smoking a cigarette in the high school bathroom reflects on your negative outlook on life?

Didn't think so. And that just adds to Teddy's own dilemma. A dilemma that he would soon overcome with the help if a certain "Big White Hope".

Okay, you do that. I can only offer advice.

Anyway, do you not think it stands as a bit hypocritical for you to be saying what is and isn't healthy? It's not as if the result of what happens if you do not eat properly repulses you, as your gallery will prove.

And that's precisely why Teddy's advise is given in vain. Nobody cares about what they eat as long as they know it will purge their hunger.

And Teddy himself finds that he shouldn't care about how others manage their lives as long as he's the kind anyone could neglect.

I'm not quite sure what you're going on about. Going back to my first comment, I've given my advice and that's all I can and will give, and that's the end of it.

Teddy Atkins meet Teddy Ruxpin.

hmm not to be funny but teddy looks slightly like the bear from  TombRaiderforever's comic

nice ref sheet though pal